[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 147 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S11058]
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                   EXTRADITION TREATY WITH LITHUANIA

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to Executive Calendar No. 14, extradition treaty with Lithuania, that 
the treaty be advanced through its parliamentary stages, up to and 
including the presentation of the resolution of ratification; that the 
condition be agreed to and the Senate now vote on the resolution of 
ratification.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The 
question is on agreeing to the resolution of ratification. Senators in 
favor of the resolution of ratification, please stand. (After a pause.) 
Senators opposed, please stand.
  In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of those voting having voted 
in the affirmative, the resolution is agreed to.
  The resolution of ratification and condition are as follows:
       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Advice and Consent to Ratification of the 
     Extradition Treaty with Lithuania, subject to a condition.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Extradition Treaty Between the Government of the United 
     States of America and the Government of the Republic of 
     Lithuania, signed at Vilnius on October 23, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 
     107-4; in this resolution referred to as the ``Treaty''), 
     subject to the condition in section 2.
       Section 2. Condition.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the condition that nothing in the Treaty requires 
     or authorizes legislation or other action by the United 
     States that is prohibited by the Constitution of the United 
     States as interpreted by the United States.

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